"The Beatles' Movie Medley" is a compilation of snippets from various

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songs. The single peaked at No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and No. 10 on the British charts in 1982. The songs were chosen from the Beatles' films, '' A Hard Day's Night'', ''

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'', '' Magical Mystery Tour'', '' Yellow Submarine'' and '' Let It Be''.

Songs

The songs included in the medley are " Magical Mystery Tour", " All You Need Is Love", " You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", "

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", " A Hard Day's Night", " Ticket to Ride", and " Get Back". The medley was the first of two singles charting both in the US and the UK in the 1980s credited to the group (the other being a recharting of "Twist and Shout" in 1986). (" Love Me Do" reached no. 4 in the UK in 1982.)

Issue

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first issued the single in conjunction with the album ''

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'' and was inspired by the success of the " Stars On 45 Medley", a recording which included numerous Beatles songs sung by a

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sound-alike. The song was released in the US as Capitol B-5107 on 22 March 1982.Record World, 10 April 1982, page 12

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initially refused to issue the single in the United Kingdom, regarding the medley as "tacky". But after the import demand for the US release grew, it was finally issued as Parlophone R 6055. The original flip side was an interview with the Beatles about the making of the movie ''A Hard Day's Night''. It was later re-released with " I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" on the flip side.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

The Beatles' Movie Medley
at Discogs ("Fab Four On Film" as B-side)
The Beatles' Movie Medley
at Discogs ("I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" as B-side) {{DEFAULTSORT:Beatles Movie Medley, The 1982 songs 1982 singles The Beatles songs Music medleys Parlophone singles Song recordings produced by George Martin Song recordings produced by Phil Spector Songs written by Lennon–McCartney Capitol Records singles